REFOCUS COACH TRAINING::
Certificate in Life Coaching

The certificate offered by Refocus Ireland is a qualification that will provide you with the skills, knowledge and competencies to work with individuals and in the workplace. This is a fast growing dynamic sector.
The course takes place over a six-week period, each module is of two hours duration, with a module being delivered each week. The modules will be presented in varying styles and interactive methods of working will be encouraged. There are no assignments to complete but ongoing personal work is demanded.
The courses we offer (for details click on the courses below):
:: Assertiveness Skills Course, :: Personal Development Course, :: Communication Skills Course, :: Time Management Course, :: Presentation Skills Course, :: Working Under Pressure Course
 TOPICS INCLUDE::
:: Communication Skills
:: How to Gain Rapport
:: Self Management
:: Leadership Styles and Attributes
:: Client Centered Coaching
:: Emotional Intelligence In Life and Work
:: Coaching Versus Consulting
:: Belief Systems
:: Changing Limiting Beliefs
:: Ethics of Coaching
:: Goals: How to Set Them
:: Values: Their Relationship To Goals
:: Thinking Skills
:: Work Life Balance
:: Self Awareness
:: Self Sabotage
:: Change
:: Giving and Receiving Feedback
:: Intuition
:: Action Learning
:: The Coaching Relationship
:: Course evaluation
THE REFOCUS CERTIFICATE::

People come to the course as a natural next step in their life journey of personal or professional development. They discover that coaching is a practical way of working holistically with others. The benefits of becoming a coach are both personal and professional. Be prepared for surprises in the way your whole life will change as you integrate coaching into your life.

Life Coach training has a beneficial effect on personal relationships. Peoples' sense of satisfaction in life increases.

The depth of life coach training enhances our students' ability and skills as managers of their own lives. On a professional level, life coach training provides the platform for meaningful service in the world. Meaningful service is the basis for personal, professional and financial success. Individuals investigate life coach training for different reasons. Some people want to build on their skills and abilities to help others reach their goals. For others, it's more of a personal journey and a time for growth.

Whatever your reason, the core competencies and skills you acquire during your training will have a positive impact on your life and in the lives of others. Our students use their life coaching skills to start their own full-time businesses; others work part-time and many acquire coach training to enhance their own lives. Our foundation course prepares many individuals for further certification and paves the way towards a diploma in life coaching.


HILARY TONGE
REFOCUS IRELAND LIFE COACHING
57 THE MAPLES
OAKLEIGH WOOD
TULLA ROAD
ENNIS
CO.CLARE

Office:   0656843600
Mobile:  087 2835769
 
 contact@refocusireland.com
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ASSERTIVENESS SKILLS COURSE

Building your self esteem and assertiveness skills

Starting in Shannon, Ennis and Galway in September 2008

Building your self esteem is essential for confidence and success and it all begins with you. Of all the judgements you make in your life, none is as important as the one you make about yourself. Without some measure of self worth, life can be enormously painful. During this one day workshop you will discover some simple techniques that dramatically change how you feel about yourself. You will learn how to recognise the importance of learning self acceptance and nurturing your sense of self.

How you will benefit:

Learn how to create positive self expectations

Begin setting goals to get more of what you want from life

Develop self talk messages that help build self esteem

Identify communication tools to help you to be more assertive

Learn how to say NO and when NO is the best answer

Learn how to make a positive first impression

Discover ways to connect with people

 

What you will cover

Building your self esteem

Putting others at ease

Make positive first impressions

Fake it ‘til you make it’

Internal self esteem factors

Projecting self confidence

Negative Vs positive thinking

Distorted thinking

How to wipe out worry

Communication skills

Giving and receiving compliments

 

Instructions by expert facilitator

Specific Course material

Personalised Certificate

Fees 125 Euro for the day including lunch

Please send your details as numbers are limited

 


Develop your self confidence
Assertiveness helps to develop and build confidence. In today's world, being assertive is seen as a valuable communication tool and essential for progress and successful interaction with staff and clients. This Course is designed for all people who wish to improve and develop techniques to help them become more confident and to deal with difficult situations more effectively. They will gain a greater understanding of personal motivation, communication and interactive behaviour and a positive mental attitude towards themselves to enhance their career and personal life.
Training Course Contents
:: What assertiveness is
:: How to develop and build confidence
:: Understanding your own needs
:: Listening skills
:: Two-way communication
:: How to be assertive
:: Assertiveness techniques
:: Self development
:: How to deal with difficult situations, people and criticisim
:: Confidence building
:: Body language
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PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSE

Confidence within inspires self assurance and the motivation to succeed in all areas of life. Both individuals and organisations benefit when employees are aware of their full potential and can use their interpersonal skills to achieve successful communications in all dealings with other people. This training course is designed to help you to maximize your potential and develop effective communication skills. Participants will gain a greater understanding of personal motivation, communication and interactive behaviour, a boost in confidence that comes from feeling good about your ability to deal with any situation and a positive mental attitude towards themselves which will enhance both their career and personal lives.
Training Course Contents
:: How to deal more effectively with others.
:: Assertiveness - how it can be developed and used in a positive way.
:: Dealing with conflict, anger and criticism in a cool manner.
:: How to take charge of situations and command attention without being forceful or    intimidating.
:: How to say 'no' when necessary, and negotiate a solution.
:: Successful two way communication, how listening skills and body language can affect a    situation.
:: How positive thinking and creating an overall mental picture can help diffuse stressful    situations
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COMMUNICATION SKILLS COURSE

Communicate with confidence
This Communication Skills training course is designed to raise self-awareness and improve communication skills. It gives clear guidelines for improving working relationships by developing new styles of communication. It will provide participants with the ability to understand others.
Build highly effective working relationships, to be able to present information in an understandable way, enhance their listening skills and the ability to use feedback positively.
Training Course Contents
:: What communication is and why it is important.
:: The barriers to effective communication.
:: Communicating your message clearly and confidently.
:: The art of conversation.
:: Questioning techniques
:: Building productive working relationships assertive communication, use of negotiation    skills, achieving a win-win outcome.
:: Confidence and self esteem.
:: Effectively giving and receiving feedback.
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TIME MANAGEMENT COURSE

Get organised, reduce stress and become more effective
Time is one of our most valuable resources. It is commonly observed that "there is never enough time" and yet typically we spend the majority of our available time dealing with low priority work. Successful time management leads to increased productivity and the potential to achieve more within a shorter period. Through this course, you will learn how to adapt methods to enable at least 50% of their time to be devoted to top priority work.

:: Effective management of time.
:: Time planning.
:: The planning process - assessing work priorities and schedules.
:: Improving information systems.
:: Effective management of communications - speaking/listening/reading/writing.
:: Managing people - motivation and delegation, leadership.
:: Setting individual goals and objectives.
:: Developing monthly, weekly and daily plans.
:: Learning how to assess your own performance.
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PRESENTATION SKILLS COURSE

Speak in public with confidence
Making a presentation to a group of people can be a daunting task. It requires a high level of confidence and thorough preparation. This Presentation Skills training course is designed to enable participants to make natural, interesting and effective presentations to large or small groups. Participants will learn how to generate audience commitment and action through effective objective planning and meeting control.

Training Course Contents
INTRODUCTION ::
:: What makes a speaker nervous and how can they relax?
:: How does tension affect our platform manner and performance?
VOICE TECHNIQUE AND WORDS ::
:: Voice production, ensuring clarity and audibility.
:: Achieving colourful delivery and powerful projection.
:: Words and their use.
BODY LANGUAGE ::
:: The power of "non verbal" communication.
:: Gesture and stance.
:: "What they see and what they get".
:: Power of verbal versus non-verbal communication.
FRAMEWORK OF THE PRESENTATION ::
:: Obtaining and making the best use of material.
:: Putting shape and form on the presentation.
:: Essential steps in presentation.
:: How to prepare notes which are easy to use.
INFLUENCING YOUR AUDIENCE ::
:: Techniques to persuade your audience to act.
VISUAL AIDS ::
:: Meeting Management.
:: Developing mood and atmosphere.
:: Lighting, layout and design of meeting room.
:: Visual aid positioning.
CONTROLLING THE MEETING ::
:: Initiating discussion.
:: Recognising different questions from an audience.
:: Anticipating questions and preparing effective answers.
:: Handling aggressive questioners.
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WORKING UNDER PRESSURE COURSE

Reduce and manage stress effectively
This Working Under Pressure training course is designed to help participants identify the negative symptoms of pressure and learn how to manage and improve performance in themselves and others.

:: What is pressure and stress?
:: Recognising the signs of stress.
:: Identifying the different causes of stress.
:: The nature of unhealthy pressure at work.
:: The impact of work pressures on others.
:: Managing personal work/life balance.
:: Developing a preventative plan to deal with pressure. and Action planning.
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